Windows 7

xbox · Post by **xbox** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:21 pm

All you do is click next a few time, choose the partition you want it in, and put in your required personal information,
You part takes 30 seconds, the rest is done automatically.

I'm not saying that it is a bad OS, I'm just going to wait for the full release.

Win · Post by **Win** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:32 pm

The right-click menus that have that glitter-glass around them, I hate them and they are the sole reason I stopped using Windows 7. If M$ stopped trying to make an OS that looked appealing to consumers and created something that was responsive and usable I would buy into it. Maybe they should just rethink the entire Aero theme altogether...

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:39 pm

Maybe you should disable or change it, seeing as how other people like it, and they provide several different themes you could switch to.

JK-47 · Post by **JK-47** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:44 pm

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Veegie · Post by **Veegie** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 4:23 pm

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Win · Post by **Win** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 4:58 pm

Perhaps, but I actually enjoy the Aero theme in general. But when the small things, like a wasted 7 pixels around a context-menu that causes the menu to float higher than it should above the mouse, gets in the way of seamless productivity something is wrong. Maybe I was just 'ruined' by ubuntu :p

Geo · Post by **Geo** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 5:01 pm

There are plenty of alternative themes available elsewhere. You wouldn't knock down an Operating System based on the default wallpaper, would you? You'd just replace it, as you would if you didn't like the theme.

Search around, there's some nice stuff on the internet.

Veegie · Post by **Veegie** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 5:24 pm

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Thrasher Alpha · Post by **Thrasher Alpha** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 6:00 pm

What background is that in the first post? Looks good.

Cryticfarm · Post by **Cryticfarm** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 6:05 pm

Vista Style Builder will solve your problems if you learn to use it.
You have to pay though :\

CptnNsan0 · Post by **CptnNsan0** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:00 pm

Just to be clear and that I don't fuck up my laptop, how would I install this into another partition. I have virtual clonedrive but when I make a partition, it isn't large enough for windows 7 to be installed in. I want to be able to dual boot windows 7 and windows vista

xbox · Post by **xbox** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:09 pm

Click the start orb and type in diskmgmt.msc
Right click on your C: drive and select shrink volume. I believe that 10,000 mb should be enough to install W7. Then you must format that partition and assign it a drive name and letter.

Then tell w7 to install it to that partition when it asks.

CptnNsan0 · Post by **CptnNsan0** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:13 pm

I tried that but it will not let me shrink my OS (C:) drive...

xbox · Post by **xbox** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:14 pm

I don't know why it wouldn't, I had no problem partitioning my C: drive.

CptnNsan0 · Post by **CptnNsan0** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:16 pm

it says it may be restricted if snapshots or pagefiles or enabled...idk wth that means though

Eaton · Post by **Eaton** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:18 pm

When I tried that, it wouldn't let me shrink more than 600mb.

xbox · Post by **xbox** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:19 pm

That means you don't have enough space available to shrink before running into Vista's files.

CptnNsan0 · Post by **CptnNsan0** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:22 pm

I have 67 gb free...

xbox · Post by **xbox** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:25 pm

That is a relatively small amount.
Do some research an find a third party drive partitioner.

CptnNsan0 · Post by **CptnNsan0** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:29 pm

Alright, but all I'm saying is I just shrunk a partition that was 9gb but I can't do one that is 67? That just doesnt make since to me